Glatfelter, York, Pa., USA, this week announced that it recently opened a new sales and distribution center in Russia. Located in Moscow, the new office will serve Glatfelter's Composite Fibers Business Unit (CFBU) customers in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), including Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Belarus. These areas were previously served through agents and traders. In conjunction with the establishment of this operation, Glatfelter acquired certain customer relationships and an existing sales platform from distributors of metalized products. The new center provides a local focus for all CFBU products and services, with a concentration on the food and beverage and metalized products market sectors.
CFBU uses specialized fibers to create highly specific papers for a multitude of end-use applications in the food and beverage, metalized products, technical specialties, and composite laminates market sectors.
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